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Ross Arden
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An observer standing on Earth has 4 egg timers (ET) ET1 to ET4. All the ETs are identical. Each ET only has one grain of sand in it and all the grains are identical.
When a grain of sand falls thru the neck of ET1 it emits a green flash of light. When the grain of sand hits the base of ET1 it emits a second flash of green light.
When a grain of sand falls thru the neck of ET2 it emits a blue flash of light. When the grain of sand hits the base of ET2 it emits a second flash of blue light.
Similarly ET3 emits red light and ET4 emits yellow light.
See the picture. The observer on Earth has ETs 3 and 4 and one ET is oriented upside down wrt the other, the control.
The observer places ETs 1 and 2 in a space ship. One upside down wrt the other as depicted. The spaceship blasts off and reaches a leisurely steady velocity v as depicted, say 100 km/hr. The observer wants to observe the period of time between the flashes from ETs 1 – 4. The period of time between to 2 blue flashes. The period of time between both yellow flashes etc etc .
The round dot in the ETs is the grain of sand.
The observer will observe the following.
The time between the flashes from ET1 will be less than the flashes from ET2 – ET4. As such the observer concludes that the time for a single grain of sand to pass thru ET1 will be less than the time for a single grain of sand to move thru the other egg timers.
As such time in the moving frame of reference ET1 is actually transpiring faster than ETs 2 – 4. The time in the moving frame of reference is transpiring faster than the stationary frame. Is that correct?
As one grain of sand is faster multiple grains of sand will also be faster. If there are 100 grains in each ET it will simply be the time of one grain multiplied by 100.
The observer conducts the same experiment millions of times and gets the same or roughly the same result ie it is reproducible.
Is the above correct ?
When a grain of sand falls thru the neck of ET1 it emits a green flash of light. When the grain of sand hits the base of ET1 it emits a second flash of green light.
When a grain of sand falls thru the neck of ET2 it emits a blue flash of light. When the grain of sand hits the base of ET2 it emits a second flash of blue light.
Similarly ET3 emits red light and ET4 emits yellow light.
See the picture. The observer on Earth has ETs 3 and 4 and one ET is oriented upside down wrt the other, the control.
The observer places ETs 1 and 2 in a space ship. One upside down wrt the other as depicted. The spaceship blasts off and reaches a leisurely steady velocity v as depicted, say 100 km/hr. The observer wants to observe the period of time between the flashes from ETs 1 – 4. The period of time between to 2 blue flashes. The period of time between both yellow flashes etc etc .
The round dot in the ETs is the grain of sand.
The observer will observe the following.
The time between the flashes from ET1 will be less than the flashes from ET2 – ET4. As such the observer concludes that the time for a single grain of sand to pass thru ET1 will be less than the time for a single grain of sand to move thru the other egg timers.
As such time in the moving frame of reference ET1 is actually transpiring faster than ETs 2 – 4. The time in the moving frame of reference is transpiring faster than the stationary frame. Is that correct?
As one grain of sand is faster multiple grains of sand will also be faster. If there are 100 grains in each ET it will simply be the time of one grain multiplied by 100.
The observer conducts the same experiment millions of times and gets the same or roughly the same result ie it is reproducible.
Is the above correct ?